H03K 17/168
In composite switches
Official title: {in composite switches}
H03K17/168 (In composite switches) appears on 540 US grants and 538 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H03K- Granted patents
- 540
- Published applications
- 538
- Assignees
- 223
- Inventors
- 1,058
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 5 |
| 2002 | 3 | 9 |
| 2003 | 8 | 6 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10 |
| 2005 | 10 | 6 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 |
| 2007 | 7 | 7 |
| 2008 | 4 | 14 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 |
| 2010 | 12 | 8 |
| 2011 | 9 | 8 |
| 2012 | 6 | 27 |
| 2013 | 12 | 25 |
| 2014 | 30 | 22 |
| 2015 | 22 | 39 |
| 2016 | 26 | 37 |
| 2017 | 42 | 36 |
| 2018 | 44 | 56 |
| 2019 | 47 | 40 |
| 2020 | 51 | 33 |
| 2021 | 22 | 22 |
| 2022 | 26 | 21 |
| 2023 | 16 | 27 |
| 2024 | 23 | 25 |
| 2025 | 26 | 28 |
| 2026 | 15 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Semiconductor drive device and power conversion device comprising same16 Jun 2026US 12,658,909 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Hybrid switch device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312582 A1Delta Electronics, Inc.
- Gate driver circuits with programmable performance characteristics6 Aug 2026US 2026/0230072 A1ABB Schweiz AG
- Gate driver for threshold voltage detection and compensation30 Jul 2026US 2026/0221964 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Signal output circuit, switching control circuit, and semiconductor device9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196999 A1Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
- Variable slew rate hybrid gate drivers for power modules30 Apr 2026US 2026/0121508 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gate charge recovery circuit for gate-driven semiconductor devices200US 5,298,797 AToko America, Inc. · 1994
- Phase-controlled power modulation system120US 5,239,255 ABayview Technology Group, LLC · 1993
- Static switch95US 5,153,802 AMerlin Gerin · 1992
- Charge pump circuit for high side switch74US 5,672,992 AInternational Rectifier Corporation · 1997
- Hybrid power MOSFET73US 6,633,195 B2Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2003